Billy Wilder Quotes

I had one life. And what did I do? Wasted it in some palooka preliminaries in Spain, just before Hitler and Chamberlain warm up for the main event.

Marilyn was mean. Terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever met around this town. I have never met anybody as mean as Marilyn Monroe or as utterly fabulous on the screen.

Ever notice how these European trains always smell of eau de cologne and hard boiled eggs?

Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man. Osgood: Well, nobody's perfect.

I'm not happy. I'm not happy at all.

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own instead of someone else's.

France is the only country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper.

Hindsight is always zo/20.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.

Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man.Osgood: Well, nobody's perfect.